When was the last time you cried because of a playoff loss?

[Machinehead]

I don't think I ever did for the Rangers. The Rangers weren't particularly relevant until I was about to be 21.

I remember crying over the Yankees. 2001. Losing that World Series still sticks with me more than any other sports loss in my life. Ahead in the 9th inning with Mariano Rivera on the mound and the Diamondbacks win it without hitting one ball hard. I still hate the Diamondbacks.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Uhh. Never? I may have a waterfall from my eye sockets if we win the cup though.

 

[McShogun99]

Worst for me is maybe a bad nights sleep. I'm a huge fan but it's just a game that I'm a spectator of. If I was a player I'd be crying after every series loss.

 

[klefbombs shoulder]

Don't think it was a full on cry, but I teared up when the Oilers lost in 7 in the SCF in 2006.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Maybe as a little kid. Can’t remember. They weren’t there much.

A couple (young)manly glimmers in the eye post cup wins in 12 and 14.

 

[Jyrki]

Can't say I ever shed a tear. Even when the Canucks were losing Game 7 of the 2011 SCF I was more focused in getting home early and safe than getting too invested. I'd rather live as a perpetual stoicist and only let the emotions flow if the team ever hoists the Cup

In terms of witnessing other people cry... never saw anything like the reaction to the Leafs blowing THE 3 goal lead. Even my mom who doesn't really watch hockey had gotten invested, and she was so genuinely upset.

 

[Gnome17]

I dont think ive ever cried but after Bruins lost to the Blues in 2019 it felt like ive been to a funeral, il never forget how distinctive that feeling was.

 

[Peltz]

The notion of crying for a stranger wining or losing in a sport is just... like.. absurd to me.

I've rooted for only one team my entire life (Rangers) and I enjoy going to see them at MSG. I love my city and this team is its representative in a sport I also love watching. I follow them closely and enjoy cheering for them. I hope they win another cup in my lifetime. I have invested countless hours of my life watching them play. And I find the playoffs exhilarating.

But I would never cry for them, win or lose. I don't know these players personally. They aren't part of my life in that way. I'm not part of the organization in any capacity. I'll cheer them on and that's it. If they won a Stanley Cup, I'd likely jump up and down with whoever I'm watching with.

Maybe if I knew a player overcame something personal in their life like illness or poverty, I may feel a bit more emotion on a different level for them.

But just names and on-ice skills? It's hard to get too sentimental about it. I'm more sentimental about the people I watch with than the players if that makes sense.

I appreciate the players, but at then end of the day, they're just people playing a kids' game as a profession for our entertainment. It's hard to feel more for it than that.

 

[NYRfan85]

Tears of rage/sadness: This one's probably the closest I ever came to crying. I threw a pillow at the TV, I was so mad!


Tears of joy: This is definitely up there. I never jumped off my couch so high in my life!

 

[ellja3]

2010 Game6, Kane OT winner. Just sat there stunned at ~5am local time.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

I think only twice for me for playoffs

The Yzerman goal

and

Then when the Blues won the cup in 2019

PS I also teared up when Mario returned

 

[Super Cake]

The only time when i shed a tear is when i saw my team win the cup.

The only emotion i get when seeing my team lose is anger. lol

 

[TGWL]

The entire NYR run w/Lundqvist. But I think there's a big gap between tears and full out crying.

 

[Turin]

Never.

 

[doublechili]

I was a huge Raiders fan and was 11 when they lost to the "immaculate reception". I started celebrating after the pass was broken up. After the confusion wore off and I realized what had just happened, I'm pretty sure I cried.

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

Tough question. All kinds of tears.

Tears of Outrage: Boston/Montreal G7 1979 - Too Many Men on Ice game. Broke my heart. How could we f*** that up?

Tears of Joy: Big Z lifting Cup in 2011 after a long 39 year drought.

Tears of Sadness: Watching the game in 1982 when Norman Leveille had a brain aneurism while playing a game in Vancouver.

Tears of Laughter: Bruins beat Leafs in G7 2013 despite being down 4-2 with 1:22 left to go. Still makes me laugh.


Jesus @Fenway . You just had to go and actually post the picture. Here come the tears.......... again.

That'll never get old. Cup blocking rivals in glorious fashion is very satisfying.

I was a huge Raiders fan and was 11 when they lost to the "immaculate reception". I started celebrating after the pass was broken up. After the confusion wore off and I realized what had just happened, I'm pretty sure I cried.

Can't imagine losing that way. The closest we got was Buckner but that was a year before i became a fan.

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

I don't think I ever did for the Rangers. The Rangers weren't particularly relevant until I was about to be 21.

I remember crying over the Yankees. 2001. Losing that World Series still sticks with me more than any other sports loss in my life. Ahead in the 9th inning with Mariano Rivera on the mound and the Diamondbacks win it without hitting one ball hard. I still hate the Diamondbacks.

That was the only time I wouldn't have minded the yankees winning the ws. No lie. The fervor post 9/11 is something i will never forget.

2010 ALCS. Aaron Boone's homerun. It crushed me. It was sweet revenge in 2004 tho Outside of that, I've only cried happy tears.

Yup that was 2003 actually. I was past the crying stage but remembered feeling awful the next day and not wanting to talk to anybody. 2004 made me forget everything though.

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

Never? Why would someone cry unless they had a direct affiliation with the team (family member coaching/playing)? Otherwise...weird.

Just part of being a kid. The pro athletes then were larger than life to me. I think there was more intense fascination with your local team because that's all you watched. There was no center ice, no internet. You lived in your own geographical bubble and so the local players and teams meant more to their local fans.

 

[Help]

never cried from a loss. my enemies are everywhere and I can't let them see me hurt. i refuse to give them the satisfaction

ill cry for a win though

 

[amnesiac]

1994 Bure vs CGY… Double OT game 7

Didn’t cry cry but quite upset as a 13 year old

 

[Cup or Bust]

I have never cried over an Oilers loss but I was really sad and somber for days after they lost in 2006. That team had such a hard working group of players that played their hearts out and the atmosphere in Edmonton during those playoffs is something I don't even think the current Oilers could create if they won the Cup. Just an unexpected, amazing time.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

I don’t remember the last time I actually cried but last year I came close against Vegas in Game 5 of the Finals. It wasn’t the loss itself, it was the way it happened. Had such an unreal run and then got completely obliterated in the cup-deciding game. Like watching your favorite superhero get his ass whooped when you needed him most.

 

[Machinehead]

That was the only time I wouldn't have minded the yankees winning the ws. No lie. The fervor post 9/11 is something i will never forget.

Yeah that was the whole thing. We had just won three of them, so I get that, but it felt like they were doing for the city.

 

[Grifter3511]

1994 Bure vs CGY… Double OT game 7

Didn’t cry cry but quite upset as a 13 year old

1994 Game 6 SCF....I thought Canucks were about to do to the Rangers what they did to the Flames.

 

[bigdog16]

Not sure if I have ever cried after a loss. Any loss during the playoffs completely ruins my night and the following day though.